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Rockport-Fulton ISD nutrition director reports meal participation gains, flags federal program changes
Summary
Child Nutrition Director reported 192,182 breakfasts and 374,364 lunches served during 2024–25 (an increase of 7,161 meals), described summer-feeding operations and Fresh Fruit & Vegetable program participation, and warned federal CEP eligibility and USDA nutrition standard changes could affect future meal operations.
Valerie Fountain (identified in the agenda as the child nutrition presenter) told the Rockport-Fulton ISD board on June 19 that the district served 192,182 breakfasts and 374,364 lunches during the 2024–25 school year, an increase of 7,161 total meals compared with the prior year. Fountain said the program’s first goal is to feed as many students as possible and noted that a second-chance breakfast program averaged about 140–147 participating students daily at the high school.
Fountain described summer feeding being offered Monday through Thursday with Thursday lunches including weekend meal packs that are available to the wider community. She highlighted the district’s recent honors in state…
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